NewsOctober 23, 2019
Missouri man grows 2 record-setting pumpkins
REPUBLIC, Mo. -- A Missouri man has busted the state records for the heaviest and second-heaviest pumpkins. KMBC-TV reported the 1,798-pound and 1,677-pound giants Richard Bottorf entered into the Republic Pumpkin Daze weigh more combined than a compact car. Bottorf carved the smaller pumpkin after it was weighed earlier this month. The larger one will be on display today at an elementary school in Harrisonville...
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REPUBLIC, Mo. -- A Missouri man has busted the state records for the heaviest and second-heaviest pumpkins.
KMBC-TV reported the 1,798-pound and 1,677-pound giants Richard Bottorf entered into the Republic Pumpkin Daze weigh more combined than a compact car. Bottorf carved the smaller pumpkin after it was weighed earlier this month. The larger one will be on display today at an elementary school in Harrisonville.
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Bottorf has a history of breaking records. In 2017, he grew a 1,563-pound pumpkin that beat the Missouri state record by more than 300 pounds.
Guinness World Records says the largest-ever pumpkin weighed 2,624 pounds. It was grown in 2016 in Belgium.
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